Birdstone

Artist Tom Huff (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Seneca-Cayuga, Deer Clan)

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions6 1/2” L x 1 1/4” H x 3/4” W

Materials/TechniqueStone, Brazilian soapstone

SignedBottom: Tom Huff

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund

Object numberNA2001.02.HOW

DescriptionBased on the form of prehistoric stone counterweights for a spear thrower (atlatl)

Place of origin / madeUSA, North America

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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